US 12,206,520 B1
Domestic appliance commissioning
John Gilman Chapman, Jr., Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,460.
Int. Cl. H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2807 (2013.01) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 63/083 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of commissioning a domestic appliance, the method comprising:
establishing communication between the domestic appliance and a router having an internet protocol (IP) address;
presenting the IP address and an appliance identifier to a predetermined portal site subsequent to establishing communication;
receiving the IP address and the appliance identifier at a remote server spaced apart from the domestic appliance;
matching the received IP address to a stored IP address within the remote server;
determining a novel identifier as the received appliance identifier at the remote server after matching the received IP address;
associating the received appliance identifier with the stored IP address at the remote server after determining the received appliance identifier is novel identifier; and
determining the domestic appliance is uncommissioned, wherein presenting the IP address and the appliance identifier to the predetermined portal site is in response to determining the domestic appliance is uncommissioned.